Privilege Covers Law Firms' Talks With Inhouse Counsel

Headlines • Privilege Covers Law Firms' Talks With Inhouse Counsel • Cleary Leads Lobbying on Cross-Border Swaps Rules • Smoker's Son Recovers $12.8M for Loss of Consortium • Pro Bono: To Report or Not to Report • Warren Lee Hill's—and the Supreme Court's—Last Chance • Manning and Snowden: Wakeup Call on Overclassification • The Supreme Court vs. the Voter • In-House Counsel Profile: LinkedIn's Erika Rottenberg • Obama Picks Miami Lawyer for Singapore Ambassador • Clyde & Co Launches Singapore JLV Privilege Covers Law Firms' Talks With Inhouse Counsel Two state high courts ruled this week that the attorney-client privilege means that lawyers need not open confidential talks with their in-house counsel to clients bringing malpractice claims, as a third highest court prepared to mull the same question. Read More » Cleary Leads Lobbying on Cross-Border Swaps Rules After months of "long and sometimes difficult" negotiations, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the European Commission on July 11 announced a framework for cross-border regulation of swaps market. Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Supreme Court Business Briefing The U.S. Supreme Court's recent Term yielded a number of cases substantially affecting business. Class actions, IP, employment law, and arbitration figured prominently. The MoloLamken Supreme Court Business Briefing succinctly explains the impact of those decisions on the litigation landscape and business environment. Read this analysis from one of the Nation's leading litigation boutiques. Smoker's Son Recovers $12.8M for Loss of Consortium The son of a smoker who won a $3 billion jury verdict against Philip Morris USA Inc. in 2001 is entitled to an additional $12.8 million for the loss of his father's relationship, an intermediate California appeals court has ruled. Read More » Pro Bono: To Report or Not to Report Despite the fact that eight jurisdictions have put a mandatory pro bono reporting requirement in place beginning in 1993, there has been no evidence-based, rigorous analysis of the impact of mandatory reporting. The Pro Bono Institute has reviewed the publicly available data and found that many misconceptions exist. Read More » Warren Lee Hill's—and the Supreme Court's—Last Chance Hill's case forces the Supreme Court to put its money where its mouth is: If the constitutional right to a forum to challenge unlawful imprisonment and execution means what Felker said, then the Court must use its original habeas jurisdiction in the rare case like Hill's where such relief is necessary to prevent a patently unconstitutional execution. Read More » Manning and Snowden: Wakeup Call on Overclassification Neither Manning nor Snowden are heroes. Both violated the law and deserve prosecution. Yet, as various bodies have warned for more than 50 years, and as Manning's case shows, the government is hiding too much. Holding accountable those people who create the needless secrets in the first place may be the key to balancing the equation. Read More » The Supreme Court vs. the Voter In past decade, it has turned its back on protecting the franchise, especially for the poor, minorities. Read More » In-House Counsel Profile: LinkedIn's Erika Rottenberg Founded in 2003, LinkedIn Corp. is an online networking and social-media service used by more than 200 million professionals around the world. Erika Rottenberg's duties as vice president, general counsel and secretary include a focus on privacy and security as well as global regulatory matters. Read More » Obama Picks Miami Lawyer for Singapore Ambassador Kirk Wagar, a top fundraiser for the Obama campaign, specializes in disability claims. Read More » Clyde & Co Launches Singapore JLV The U.K. firm is tying up with local firm Clasis, which is led by a former Clyde & Co arbitration partner. Read More »

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